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[Tiramisu]

Judy, THANK YOU so much for calling to check on me. I AM OK, sitting at home, just aggrevated. Somebody has hacked my Facebook account and is posting malicious messages on my friends' walls. I suggest you all delete me as a friend on FB, until I get this figured out. This person is associated with something called "sify".

A friend of mine just called to tell they are asking her for money. I'm sorry if this has caused you any problems.

[Blueyes]

Hey Sandy...Somebody just asked me for money, too! It seems you are stranded in London and need money to get home because you and Harold were mugged.
I knew it wasn't really you. I chatted with "you" on fb.

[Tiramisu]

This is crazy and I can't get through to talk to anybody at Facebook to get my account stopped and I can't log in.

[Blueyes]

I just blocked you from mine, but there was nothing else I could do. They said the US Embassy was helping you get home, but you needed money to settle your hotel bill. You were mugged...Harold hurt his left arm...but thank goodness they didn't steal your ID or passport. Oh, and Harold promised he'd pay me back just as soon as you got home. When I said I couldn't help, they asked me why. I said..no money! I KNEW it wasn't you!! Good luck getting it straightened out!

[judy]

As long as it wasn't true Sandy!!! Janet was afraid it was real, and I found your phone number from a while ago.

Did you get my message? I also chatted with the scammer on FB. I sent you a copy of our conversation. Sorry about the language, but he deserved it!!!

I guess I should "unfriend" you for now. Let me know when you are back on and we will be friends again! Good luck with FB. I hope they make it easy for you.

[gja1000]

Hi Sandy! I'm sorry you are having this trouble! Hopefully you'll get it figured out soon!

[Janet]

Hi Sandy.....boy was I sure worried about you. I called Judy, because I just didn't think it sounded like it was coming from you. Not sure we can do this, but here is a copy of our "chat" conversation on FB.

9:35Sandy
Hey Janet
How are you

9:35Janet
HI Sandy!!! I've been better
How about you?

9:35Sandy
Not too good!
We in a huge mess as we speak

9:35Janet
What happened

9:36amSandy
We are stranded in London

9:36amJanet
London???? I didn't know you were going there

Sandy
We got mugged at gun point last night!
All cash,credit cards and cell phone was stolen

9:38amJanet
Oh my God....are you okay>
Who is "we"? How many of you?

9:39amSandy
It was a very brutal experience..

9:39amJanet
When are you coming home?

9:39amSandy
Laura & her Kids ..
My pets were with me when we got mugged!

9:40amJanet
Are they okay too?

9:40amSandy
Laura was hurt on her left arm..
Janet it was so horrible & scary!

9:41amJanet
oh no....I bet it was....I'm so glad you are alright.


9:41amSandy
Her gurls are still at the hotel safe right now ...I'm in a local library trying to get help back home ..
I need your help ...dear!

9:41amJanet
I don't know how I would handle it....not very well I'm afraid
What can I do.....I'll help!

9:42amSandy
Our return flight leaves in few hours but having troubles sorting out the hotel bills
Thank God we still have Our Passports and IDs..

9:43amJanet
Yes.....What can I do Sandy?

9:43amSandy
Wondering if you could loan us some few $$ to sort out the hotel bills and take a cab to the airport..
I will definitely refund as soon as we get back home safely..

9:44amJanet
Oh gosh Sandy....We don't have much...honestly....how much were you needing?

9:44amSandy
How much can you really spare me ??
All we need is $800
I will appreciate whatever assistance you can give to us right now because i don't want us to miss our flights back ..

9:45amJanet
Sandy... I'm sorry....we don't have $800, not even in savings. Can you reach your families?

9:46amSandy
I can't reach my family right now ..

9:46amJanet
Our prop taxes are due and I have to borrow from Mom to pay them

9:46amSandy
How much can you spare us right now?
I will definitely refund today or tomorrow Morning..
Promise whatever to get us somewhere

9:47amJanet
Let me go check .........

9:47amSandy
OK
9:49amJanet
Sandy....I could probably scrape together $100

9:49amSandy
OK
You can get it down to my name and present location via western union money transfer
Do you know any western union outlet close to you...
??

9:50amJanet
No...I'll have to make some phone calls to find one..

This is where I got off the computer....kept thinking it could be a scam and then after a while decided to call Judy. The rest that is posted below is what was posted after I got off the computer.

9:51amSandy
OK
Do you have a Credit Card??
You can do it online via W/U online service
Check: westernunion.com

2:47pm
Sandy GOOD AM THROUGH WITH THIS ACCOUNT....HAKING SO SWEET!!!!
4:14pmSandy is offline.

The part in red is what I just saw when I came back on here at 4:30 PM

[Tiramisu]

I am so sorry this happened to you guys. I'm still shaking. And, it is absolutely OK that you de-friend me on FB. I don't know if I'll try to get back in or not.

[judy]

My daughter said that this western union thing is a big scam issue right now. She said that the FBI is getting involved and taking it seriously.

Please don't apologize. The fact that you and your family are all right is all that matters Sandy.

[Marilyn]

Oh, wow, how awful that this happened to you. I just checked my Facebook and looks like we weren't friends, so I missed out on the hacker. When/If you setup a new account, please be sure and invite me to be your friend. So hope you can get this straightened out.

You might call the FBI and report this. Also, you might be able to Google Facebook contact number. I did that to contact eBay and found one that worked. They asked me how I found it and I told them I'd Googled it and they said that no one was supposed to be able to find the number. My identity had been stolen and I had to get into my account and couldn't. Ebay straightened it all out for me and I got to keep my same user name, just change the password.

Hope this all gets straightened out soon!!!

[Blueyes]

Dang Sandy...and here I thought I had friends traveling ABROAD I was prepared to make the sacrifice and fly to London myself just to help you get home

I know this must have been scary for you. It feels weird knowing I was having a chat with an actual hacker/criminal. I'd love to know how many people they have fooled.

Now to important matters...I need SOMEBODY'S phone number!!! Maybe we should make a number chain...Hmmm... Some of you have each others number already... I think I'll pm my number to Gayle. Anybody have Gayle's number, or is this a bad idea?

[Tiramisu]

Hey - since it's quite obvious that these quacks can get whatever information they want - my cell phone number is 281-468-7394.

My friend that wired them $900 is supposed to have her money back today or tomorrow. I scolded her royally for believing them. We emailed each other on Friday, talking about my trip to my son's for the weekend. She knows that I don't travel out of the states. She said she just really thought she was talking to me. Another friend was falling for it, but asked them a question about one of my grand daughters who is the same age as his daughter and they couldn't give him the answer.

Of course, I can't get into FB now because they can't find my email address BECAUSE THE HACKER CHANGED. I want to get back on because I dearly enjoy looking at pictures and hearing from my friends and family.

This is happening to several people - not just me!

[Janet]

I'm just glad you're safe, but I was willing to help you with what I could. I just got suspicious because I hadn't read anywhere where you were going to London. I'm so thankful Judy had your number and checked it out with you and that you were safe and sound.

Darn hackers anyway. You'd think that as big as FB is, they would have a much better security system. Not sure how all that works, but there has got to be something they could do.

[Blueyes]

I saved your number in my cell phone. There should be a way to get back on FB...but I don't have a clue how. I'm so sorry this happened to you.

[DianaB]

I'm so sorry that this happened to you. I read of this happening to other people on FB so I would have been really leary if I would have been aproached about sending money. I hope that you can get a hold of some agency to go after this guy!! I can't believe that some of you chatted with him!! Wow!! I have you on my friend list but I didn't receive anything. I'm so sorry that this happened to you.